The Art of Cytology
by Suzanne L. Adams, CT (ASCP)
Promoting
Cellular
Wellness
Through
Optimal
Nutrition
Since 1998
Helping
to Build Strong Genes and Healthy Cells the Natural Way!
The
Color
Diet
Veggies from my garden
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M/C (Micronutrient to Calorie) and N/C (Nucleus to Cytoplasm) Ratios *Neither a high fat or
high protein diet
is
right. Remember, the waste product of animal protein metabolism
is
the toxic amino acid, homocysteine,
which at high levels, significantly raises the risk of developing many
diseases and conditions (eg: birth defects, heart disease, and cancer).
Homocysteine
requires folic acid (found mainly in
green
raw plants) in order for it to be recycled back into the essential and
most limiting amino acid, methionine.
In addition, a high animal protein diet is usually high in saturated
animal
fat (eg: bacon, beef) as well. This type of diet is far
too rich
and burdensome for the human body
to metabolize on a
continuous basis.
A delicate balance exists in nature between plant and animal
consumption.
*The human diet should be
heavily
weighted
in
raw fruits and vegetables, rich in key micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) that function to police and
maintain the integrity of
cellular
health, especially DNA. Focus should be on foods with high M/C
ratios (micronutrient to calorie ratios).
Empty carbohydrate foods--those low in micronutrients and high in
calories--foods
with low M/C ratios--should
be avoided, especially if they contain added salt, refined sugar and
flour,
and unnatural chemical compounds (artificial flavors and preservatives,
etc.). Usually these highly processed foods barely
resemble their natural origins.
*Diets with high M/C (micronutrient to calorie) ratios create healthy cells with low N/C ratios (nucleus to cytoplasm ratios), but diets with low M/C ratios create malnourished unhealthy cells with cytomegaly (cells that have abnormally large cytoplasm and nuclei such as in cervical folate deficiency and gastric atrophy) that may eventually change into cells that have high N/C ratios (eg: HPV), signifying cancerous or disease change (see also Ames, BN, 1999). |
Choice Foods in the Color Diet
